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Ipswich: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000202

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Key Facts

All Residents 139,642
Male 69,316
Female 70,326
Households 59,507
Population Density (people/km2) 3,534.3
Table Codets024
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options95

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their main language. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

A person's first or preferred language.

This shows a detailed breakdown of the responses given in the write-in option "Other, write in".

Main language (detailed): Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over 134,780
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 118,944
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 3
Other UK language 18
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 17
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 85
Portuguese 1,664
Spanish 242
Other European language (EU) 8,553
Other European language (EU): Italian 173
Other European language (EU): German 45
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,161
Other European language (EU): Slovak 69
Other European language (EU): Czech 36
Other European language (EU): Romanian 3,347
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 1,534
Other European language (EU): Latvian 282
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 263
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 417
Other European language (EU): Greek 134
Other European language (EU): Dutch 19
Other European language (EU): Swedish 12
Other European language (EU): Danish 8
Other European language (EU): Finnish 5
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 39
Other European language (non EU) 132
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 122
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 40
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 40
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 453
Turkish 282
Arabic 306
West or Central Asian language 1,047
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 771
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 189
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 55
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 31
South Asian language 1,860
South Asian language: Urdu 83
South Asian language: Hindi 70
South Asian language: Panjabi 74
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 626
South Asian language: Gujarati 42
South Asian language: Marathi 52
South Asian language: Telugu 106
South Asian language: Tamil 275
South Asian language: Malayalam 409
South Asian language: Sinhala 57
South Asian language: Nepalese 29
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 37
East Asian language 833
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 55
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 131
East Asian language: All other Chinese 187
East Asian language: Japanese 12
East Asian language: Korean 10
East Asian language: Vietnamese 25
East Asian language: Thai 56
East Asian language: Malay 13
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 328
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 16
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 5
African language 213
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 25
African language: Somali 4
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 20
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 7
African language: Luganda 7
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 40
African language: Afrikaans 11
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 32
African language: Any other African language 50
Sign language 87
Sign language: British Sign Language 74
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 8
Other language 13

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